STATE COLLEGE ANSWERS TIMELY FARM QUESTIONS QUESTION: When should I place my pullets on ra?ge? ANSWER: Prof. Roy S. Dear styne, head of the Poultry depart ment at State College, says it is well to get developing pullets on raifge as soon as possible after they are ten weeks of ?ge. Before the birds are moved they should be individually handled and all culls removed. It is not going to pay, especially with feed prices as high as they are, to attempt to carry

i$f-normal pullets ahead this year, because they seldom straighten out and become profit able Jpirds. By providing a good range for the pullets, the feed bill >Bulova LI LI US JEWELRY COMPANY In Ritz Building Sylva, N. C. FORMER JACKSONIANS RETURN TO IDAHO j Word has been received of the ; arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Fisher back in Blackfoot. Idaho after a visit of two and one-half months in and around Sylva. Both Mr. and Mrs. Fisher are natives of Jackson county, having left for the west forty-one years ago. Mrs. Fisher is the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Fisher; Mr. ! Fisher the son of the late Mr. ' and Mrs. Tom Fisher. This was Mr. Fisher's first visit back to his native county, but Mrs. Fisher has made four return visits here since leaving. Although he is 74 years of age and she is 72, both are still very active. While here Mrs. Fisher and a sister, Mrs. Florence Aiken, visited i the former's son in Brattleboro, ! Vermont, and at the same time Mr. Fisher visited a niece, Miss Myrtle Fisher, in Georgia. The remainder of their visit was spent with close relatives and friends. Mr. Fisher has one sister, Mrs. Martha Moody, of Whittier. Mrs. Fisher has one brother, Guy Fisher of Sylva, Route 1, and six sisters, Mrs. S. H. Monteith, ?of Sylva, Mrs. Cole Rid ley, Mrs. Florence Aiken, Mrs. Nannie Cunningham, and Mrs. Jess Joues, all of Sylva, Route 1, and Mrs. Jim Reed of Beta. Mr. and Mrs. Fisher enjoyed seeing their old friends and the get-togethers they attended while here. may be reduced from ten to fifteen per cent. QUESTION: How can I control root knot in garden vegetables? | ANSWER: Howard R. Garris, plant pathologist for the State College Extension Service, says the garden should be located in a dif ferent site*each year, if convenient; if not, plantings should be rotated in the garden. Plantings of warm weather or summer vegetables on infested parts of the garden should be avoided. Sweet corn, early plantings of lettuce, radish, onions, peas, spin ach, and cabbage may be grown ! in infested soil with considerable ' success. I When buying plants for trans i planting, get them from producers MHd 'lack Front Visit Your Garden? If so, then you'll want more and dependable seed for planting. Select yours now from our complete supply of quality garden and field seed. SPECIAL GLADIOLUS BULBS DISEASE FREE Get your Glad Bulbs while they last?Good for planting till June. A variety of lovely colors per dozen I ? Baby Chicks I New Arrivals Each Tuesday and Thursday NEW HAMPSHIRE REDS ? RHODE ISLAND RETD8 BARRED ROCKS ? WHITE ROCKS AL80 CR08S BREEDS CHICKS THRIVE ON OUR FEEDS FARMERS FEDERATION * FRED COPE, Manager * \ Phone 139 Sylva, N. C. Walter Carringer, above, Tenor of Western Carolina Teachers Col lege, Cullowhee, winner of the first place among student musicians of Nort^ Carolina in the recent Music Federation contest, will appear in recital in Waynesville, Thursday evening, May 22 at 8 o'clock. The program is being sponsored by the Waynesville Music club and he will be accompanied by Mrs. Paul El lis of Sylva. Mr. Carringer appeared last Fri day in his hometown of Murphy, and was recently presented in the high school of Weaverville. He was7 the special guest of the Music Fed eration at their State meeting in Gastonia and was soloist for the Wednesday evening program. Mr. Carringer is studying with Mrs. Chas. G. Gulley at Cullo whee. W.M.U. Will Hold Annual Meeting At GlenVille The annual meeting of the Wom an's Missionary Union of the Tuckaseigee Baptist association will be held with the Glenville Baptist church Tuesday, May 27th at 10 a. m. The theme will be "Jesus Calls." The meeting will be opened with a devotional by Mrs. Hoyt Hada way. Others taking part on the program and their topics are: Com munity Missions, Mrs. Rufus Phil lips; Mission Study, Mrs. Frank Cowan and sMrs. C. M. Warren; Stewardship, JVIrs. D. G. Bryson and Mrs. H. T. Hunter;-Literature, Mrs. Don Fisher; Prayer-. Mrs. C. L. Allison; Woman's 'M issionary Training School, Mrs. C. M. War ren. Mrs. Mark Osborne will ren der some special music and a mis sionary message will be given by Miss Florence Lide, returned mis sionary l'rom India. Lunch will be served at the church after which the meeting will again convene for an after noon session. Mrs. Roy will discuss the Young People's Work and.Mrs. George Snyder will speak on the Margaret Fund. Two guest speakers will be Miss Ruth Pro vence, North Carolina State secre tary of the W.M.U., who will speak on the subject, "Our Task-Calls Us," and Mrs. Courtney, divisoinal superintendent, who will use as her topic, "Here Am I, Lord. Send IVle." All Baptist pastors and workers are urged to be present for the entire program. Mrs. B. S. Hensley is superintendent and Mrs. D. C. Higdon is secretary. REVIVAL SERVICES AT WILKESDALE CHURCH The Wilkesdale Baptisithurclv started a series of meetings Sun day, May 18. The services, con ducted by the pastor, Rev. Jarvis Underwood, begin each evening at 8:00 p. m. Everyone is cordially in vited to attend these services. known to have clean soil, and do noty plant infested Irish or sweet J potato seed. QUESTION: Is it necessary to provide minerals to hogs? ANSWER: A good mineral mix i ture should be kept in a separate | compartment of the selffeeder, or ! in any dry place where the sows j and pigs can have access to it at ! all times, according to E. H. Hostet ! ler, professor of Animal Husbandry | at State College. The following mixture is recom mended: ten pounds of finely ground limestone, five pounds ; thoroughly steamed domestic bone J meal and two pounds salt. Wife Preservers An adequate supply of bed linen means you have at least six riieets of the correct size for each bed and three cases for each pillow. That quantity allows for .... two sheets on the bed, two m the laun dry, and two in reserve for emergencies Or FIDDLERS TO MEET IN CANTON JDNE13 Thef annual Smoky Mountaift Fiddlers' convention, which wiil be sponsored by the Varner-Rhine hart Post, No. 61. American Le gion, will be held at the Canton High School auditorium Friday, June 13, at 8 o'clock p. m. Bascom Lamar Lunsford of the Mountain Dance Festival held in Asheville for the past 20 years, will be master of Ceremonies. Some of the performers who will participate iiv the event are our own "Aunt" Samantha Bumgar ner, wizard of the 5-string banjo. Fiddlin Bill Henslev, Joe Pressley of Canton, champion of last year, and "Aunt"' Ida Bullis known throughout Western Carolina for her many, intricate dance steps of the Virginia Reel, Clog and Square dances. i % News From Hamilton, Washington By INEZ BLANTON Mr. and Mrs. Albert Blanton and | youngest son, Edward, spent the week-end of May 3rd in Darring ton with Mr. and Mrs. Edd Foxx I and family, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred : Blanton and family, all formerly ; of Sylva. ' Rev. C. V. Brown, who has been i pastor of the Lyman Baptist church | for the past three years had the ! misfortune * to break his foot re ! cently, but never-the-less he preached Sunday morning and evening on May 11. Mr . Brown and family are moving away in the near future. They will be greatly missed. Mr. Emmitt Blanton and Harold Smart visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Blanton on May 10. The Tar Heels are still coming to Washington. We see more ar riving almost every day. An old friend, Mrs. Emma Sutton, arrived on Sunday, May 4. It seems more like home with all these good Tar Heels around. 600 Violators Nabbed By State's Protectors Violations of the State's f:sh and I i game laws took a sharp jump in April as the arrival of warm I weather brought fishermen out m ? throngs,^ Protectors of the N. C. J DiriMOn of Game and Inland Fish eries turned in a total of 600 ca>es last month, as compared with 11)3 for the previous month and 414 ?r April of last year. Violators 1 a -1 month paid out $4,033 in fines and $3,094.95 m court costs. An outbreak of dynamiting .>!' fish featured. April's docket. A dozen per>ons were convicted ?>n this charge, and penalties handed out ranged up t*o a six-month r??ad term for a Robeson Countv jn;.n i I brought in by Protectors H. R. Mc Lean of Raeford, \V. E. McCon naughey of Red Springs, and (>> car Chadwick of Fayetteville. Pro tector Walter F. Edmisten of Bimhio alone arrested seven dynamiter>. who paid out SUK) in fines and Sl2fj in costs each. In addition to the cases closed out. others are under investigation, with a number of defendants awaiting trial in su perior courts. One of the cases under investi gation is the dynamiting of rock fish in the Roanoke River last week. Enforcement men of the Di vision so far have taken out three warrants, with others expected to follow. - - First amon& the "State's 21 en forcement districts in April pro secutions was No. 1, with 92 cases. Credited with this mark are Pro tectors Preston S. Bagwell, Jr., of Savannah District Singing Convention To Be May 25 At 2 P. M. The monthly Singing Conven tion of the Savannah district will be helcj at the Greens Creek Bap tist Church the fourth Sunday af ternoon, May 25 at 2 o'clock. All singers are invited to come and ":ake part in the convention. Asheville; Arthur Pack Tryon; W. B. Cope, Sylva; C. L. Garland and Victor Denton* both of Robbins ville; i yi ipton, George Jar rett, araki TV Kav ville; James L. Goodson, Tapoco; Harlev Martin, Franklin; R. C. Spivey, Rainbow Springs^-and Tom Rollins, Asheville, Division "A" su Evans. all ol Hayes- j pervisor. Launderall V\ LAuNbRY AT?I>IS * fix* B""'w Co *"?' Be Better Built to Bal+?ce '"?lnat9d ?n?rny What makes a RAILROAD? Is it tracks And (rains? Of course f Is it the teamwork and devotion to duty of thousands of men and women working together? You bet! These things... and many more... make a railroad. And so do the underlying policies that reflect the hopes and aspirations of the railroad as a whole. The policies that guide the Southern Railway System have not varied through the years. They have been, and are? To dovolop tfio tarritory and to fostar faith lit th* South, its paoplo and its opportunitioa. To furnish safa* aconomical and adaquata ^railroad transportation In tha tarritory whoro tha "Southern Servos tha South." To troat fairly and kindly tha man and womon whoso work koops tha railroad going. To pay a fair raturn to tho owners of the pro party. With steadfast faith, and with these principles that are recorded in our 1946 Annual Report, the Southern confidently approaches the future years,. Prwid?ot SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM